https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/17454/fullJar with Relief-moulded Mask300 BCE - 300 CEColima or Jalisco artist(s)Overall: 29.5 x 20 cm (11 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)Red earthenware, pigment, burnishing, and hand-built.Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Colima, MexicoG83.1.320Colima jar with relief-molded mask, Late Formative period, with a round face and high cheekbones, a domed forehead and small mouth. The ridged rims encircle the protruding eyes, and the jar is wearing a turban tied in front. There is a spout with a wide lip emerging from the top of the head. The jar is painted in reddish-brown and pale orange pigments.
MesoamericaCeramics from Ancestral Abiayala[]Ancestral AbiayalaMesoamerica183259511Colima or JaliscoLate to Terminal Formative period (300 BCE-300 CE)